Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have found a large number of people from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar in the electoral rolls of Bihar during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and they stand to be omitted from the final rolls after an enquiry, Election Commission sources said on Sunday.

Sources said their names will not be included in the final electoral roll to be published on September 30, but only after a proper enquiry after August 1. However, EC sources have not provided any figure for the number of such voters found in electoral rolls.

The discovery came to light during the house visit of BLOs to distribute and collect Enumeration Forms from those who have been registered as voters till June 24 this year. Bihar has around 7.89 crore voters.

According to the timeline for the SIR, voters can submit their Enumeration Forms with documents proving their citizenship and date of birth till July 25.

If someone cannot provide documents by July 25, they have the option of submitting the documents by August 30, the last date of filing claims and objections.

To get included in the draft roll to be published on August 1, one has to submit the Enumeration Form. Those submitting the Enumeration Forms without documents will have to submit the same by August 30 to get included in the final list.

The Opposition has objected to the exercise claiming that it is aimed at disenfranchising poor and the migrant workers.